Schedule of Events    "Pods and Pods of Fun"

Friday, September 18
  Time Event
  12 Noon Okra Strut Charity Golf Tournament   14th Annual St. Andrews Kiwanis charity tournament is four-person Captain's Choice at Rawls Creek Golf Club.  Fee includes cart, green fees, food, beverages and prizes.

Shotgun Start at 12:30 pm

For information call Clyde Jordan at (803) 772-8411 or Jim Buck at (803) 936-1744 or visit the website www.sakc.org.

Friday, September 25
 Time Event
  6:00 pm -  11:00 pm The Budweiser Friday Night Street Dance
Presented by Budweiser of Columbia

Enjoy high energy performances by beach music favorites The Fabulous Kays and The Band of Oz.. 

The Midlands Public Service and Public Safety Officers and brave festival-goers will compete in the ever-so-popular Okra-Eating Contest.  There will be plenty of food, amusements, and, of course, fried okra!

7:00  The Fabulous Kays

8:30  Okra Eating Contest

         Simon Says

9:00  The Band of Oz 

                                       

 

Saturday, September 26
 Time Event
 7:30 am Dam Run to Irmo   The annual run (6.2 miles, 10k) is scheduled to begin on the Lexington side of the Lake Murray Dam.
      You can register on-line at www.strictlyrunning.com or call Jim Derrick at 798-0220.  Sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Andrews-Columbia.
 9:00 am First Citizens Okra Strut Parade
The largest festival parade in South Carolina!  More than 100 units participating, including Okra Man, floats, beauty queens, marching bands and more.  The parade begins at Crossroads Middle School, travels down St. Andrews Road, and ends at Lake Murray Boulevard.
  10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Irmo Okra Strut Saturday
Presented by Palmetto Health - Parkridge. 

 

Join in the fun for plenty of your favorite festival foods, arts and crafts, amusements, special events and community and business exhibitors.  The Dr. Carol French Okryland favorites return with a kid's make and take crafts area and the creative "Okrafitti Street" sidewalk art.

 Get your fresh okra and a variety of vegetables at the Vegetable Market adjacent to the Palmetto Health Saturday Showcase Stage.    


The Cornhole Tournament begins at 12:00 Noon    click here for information

 

Get your free coupon to redeem for great prizes from area merchants in the Great Okra Giveaway!  Coupons are available at any of the festival Ticket Centers, and the PodShop & Guest Services Center or by clicking here.  Drawings will be take place at 11:00 am and 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 pm on the Showcase Stage.

Palmetto Health Parkridge Saturday Showcase

10:00 AM    Bollywood Dancers

10:30 AM    Capital City Cloggers

11:00 AM    GREAT OKRA GIVEAWAY

                    Dance World

11:30 AM    Dance Techniques

12:00 PM    Southern Strutt

12:30 PM    Fusion Raks

   1:00 PM    GREAT OKRA GIVEAWAY

                     Island Close By

   2:00 PM    Die Lustigen Musikanten  Traditional German Music

   3:00 PM    GREAT OKRA GIVEAWAY

                     The Jackson  Variety Folk Music

   4:00 PM    Merge    Contemporary Christian Music - Chapin Baptist Church

   5:00 PM    GREAT OKRA GIVEAWAY ~ GRAND FINALE

* schedule is subject to change

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